Senate Passes Bill to Mobilize Home Front
The Senate approved a home front mobilization bill 85 to 3 giving President Truman power to deploy wage price controls and other anti inflation curbs at any time while directing coordination across the board. The measure frames a broad defense production push with loan guarantees and potential government takeover of private facilities, but lacks authority for commodity speculation control.
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Senate
Truman
Washington
Edton
Montana
Malone
Nevada
Williams
Delaware
Congress
Capehart
Senate House
House
Taft
Ohio
Red Attacks Fail to Crack UN Lines in Four Days
North Korean Reds attacked along Korea's western front but could not breach United Nations defenses. Casualties climbed past 15,000 Reds in four days as American infantry and the Eighth Army defenses held. Tanks led the Reds toward Taegu but were stopped by a sharp counterattack with air and artillery support. On the southern front the 25th Division repelled morning assaults, while U.S. and South Korean forces fought for control of key hills near Sobuk and Bloody Mountain. General Syngman Rhee visited the front as fighting continued and shelling pounded positions northwest of Taegu with little opposing fire.
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Tokyo
Korea
United Nations
United States Eighth Army
United States
Taegu
35Th
Haman
Associated Press
Stan Swinton
Sobuk
United States Fifth Regimental Combat Team
Syngman Rhee
Waegwan
Eighth Army
Smokejumpers Respond to Western U S Wildfire Fears
MISSOULA Aug 21 Regional Forest Service mobilized 24 smoke jumpers amid high heat and low humidity. Eight headed to a Clearwater forest blaze along Monroe creek, 16 sent to a Nez Perce fire in Idaho, aiding McCall crews. Other sector bosses and foremen dispatched to fires in California.
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Missoula
Forest Service
Clearwater
Monroe Creek
Nezperce Forest
Idaho
McCall
Mallard Creek
Elk City
California
Coeur d'Alene
St. Joe
Herlong
Eight-year-old Gary McCarthy Found Safe After Desert Search
In Florence Arizona eight-year-old Gary McCarthy of Tucson wandered 35 miles in 110 degree desert after leaving his father at an abandoned mine shaft. He was found by Deputy Red Kinsey after a 12 hour search by 100 men, six planes, and bloodhounds. Gary suffered blistered feet and dehydration but was released to his father. A pup with him was not found.
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Florence
Ariz
U.P
Gary McCarthy
Tucson
Here
Gary
Timothy
Lynnearley
Red Kinsey
Kinsey
John Kimm
Robert Ray
California Fires Being Controlled
California forest and brush fires eased on Monday as officials hoped the San Diego blaze would be under control before morning. Two hot spots remained on the San Diego front, with the rest of the state in fairly good shape according to Ernest L. Baxter, regional fire dispatcher for the Forest Service in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
California
San Diego
United States Forest Service
Two Sailors and Boy Drown at Lake Washington
In Seattle on August 21 two merchant sailors who could not swim and an eight year old boy drowned late Monday at Lake Washington ten miles east of Seattle. The incident remains under investigation by local authorities.
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Seattle
U.P
Lake Washington
Here
Czechs and Reds Pin War on United States
Czechoslovakia and Red China joined Russia in blaming the United States for the Korean war and UN stalemate. Chou En ai demanded seats for Red China and North Korea in talks, while accusing the U S of invading Formosa with the Seventh Fleet. Vilian Siroky backed seating a North Korean representative as Warsaw pact allies pressed for action.
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Chou En-ai
Red Peiping
Russia
Jakob A. Malik
Council
Red China
Red North Korea
Chou
United States
People's Republic of China
Taiwan
Formosa
Asia
Czechoslovakia
Vilian Siroky
Butte Weather Forecast Continues Mild and Pleasant
Butte area forecasts fair and mild through Tuesday with some regional variation. West of Divide remains partly cloudy with late afternoon showers and 80 to 90 degrees, while east of Divide stays partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers and about 78 to 88 degrees. Temperature changes are minimal from prior day, with Monday highs near 78 and early morning lows around 39 to 40.
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Divide
Rosebud Rancher Sues Sheriff for False Arrest
John Storm, Rosebud county rancher, sues Sheriff Floyd E Dowlin and National Surety in Butte district court for false arrest and malicious prosecution. He claims he was jailed as a material witness for 13 days in a murder case to influence a second degree assault trial, alleging unlawful arrests in 1948 and 1949, with a 1950 reversal and dismissal of the assault charge. He seeks $50,000 and costs.
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John Storm
Rosebud
Butte District Court
Floyd E. Dowlin
National Surety Corporation of New York
Storm
Rosebud County
Dowlin
Finch
Plaintiff
Forsyth
Miles City
Custer County
John Loy Storm
Russell Bean
State Supreme Court
Russian 1950 Model Machinegun Captured in Korea
Infantrymen of the 35th regiment captured a new 1950 model Russian machinegun in Korea. The weapon was turned over to UN front line forces and will be flown to Lake Success, New York, as evidence against Soviet Representative Jakob Malik’s claim of no Soviet military aid to North Korea since 1948.
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United States
Korea
United Nations
Lake Success
New York
Jakob A. Malik
Soviet Union
North Korea
Montana Chrome Digging Renewed in Montana Chrome Digging Renewed
Men are digging chrome deposits on Montana's Boulder plateau with W and W Contracting reporting larger veins of chromite near Taylor claims in Sweet Grass county. D. F. Whittaker of Seattle says ore could be stockpiled for government use as the stockpile remains small. Development began in 1940 with heavy gear parachuted in, 700 pound machines requiring three chutes and team efforts to move gear.
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Livingston
Montana
Chrome Mountain
D. F. Whittaker
Seattle
W and W Contracting Company
Boulder Plateau
Sweet Grass County
Taylor Claims
W and W
Whittaker
Fire damages Clark-Wilson Lumber Mill during dismantling
A three alarm blaze near Portland destroyed the Clark-Wilson Lumber Mill being dismantled for shipment east. Oil storage tanks at Richfield Oil Co and General Petroleum escaped damage. One person injured in the blaze, grass fire started on property owned by both firms but no tanks or buildings were harmed.
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Portland
Ore
U.P
Richfield Oil Company
General Petroleum Corporation
Clark-Wilson
Richfield
Florence Chadwick feted in San Diego after New York skip
Florence Chadwick, the English channel swimmer, received a rousing Broadway welcome in San Diego, where thousands celebrated her world record swim time of 8 hours 20 minutes. Mayor Knox presented the keys to a car as crowds cheered and confetti fluttered, while Chadwick floated plans for future appearances and a crusade for child health.
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San Diego
New York
Calif
Florence Chadwick
Broadway
United States Marine Corps
Flo
Gertrude Ederle
Miss Ederle
Harley Knox
Florence
Miss Chadwick
California
Arabia
Richard Chadwick
Railroad Unions Refuse to Call Off Their Strike
The White House announced early Tuesday that railroad unions had refused to call off their token strikes on some lines, but there was no hint the government would seize the facilities.
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Washington
White House
White House Negotiators Fail To Bridge Rail Strike Gap
Washington August 21 The White House pressed railroad management and union reps to meet after five hours of talks produced no progress in averting a major strike. President Truman ordered wage-hour discussions led by John R. Steelman. Union spokesmen said talks were a repeat of earlier sessions with no seizure or call off of walkouts. Steel mills halted production in Cleveland and rail service stalled in Cleveland Louisville and St Paul Minneapolis.
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Washington
U.P
White House
Steelman
Truman
Cleveland
Louisville
St. Paul-Minneapolis
Union
Police Find Butte Boy 15 Wearing Women's Clothing
Butte police arrested a 15-year-old boy found leaving a theater wearing female attire. He was placed in the juvenile ward after admitting the outfit was for a thrill and that he sometimes steals items from porches to hide them, calling his acts an inferiority complex.
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Butte
Odd Man Takes All Ends In $30 Loss For Canadian Visitor
In Butte a Canadian traveler, William A. Brownrigg of Tilbury Ontario, lost about $30 in a coin matching game after meeting two men at a cafe. The pair provoked the stakes by wagering on heads and then fleeced him, leaving Brownrigg with most of his money gone.
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Butte
William A. Brownrigg
Tilbury
Ontario
Brownrigg
Marine Reserves Are Called Up in Pacific Northwest
SEATTLE Aug 21 All Marine enlisted civilian reserves in the Pacific Northwest except staff non commissioned officers were called to active duty by the 13th Marine corps reserve district. First men reported in Seattle to complete processing for others who will report later this week. Col W O Thompson district director said the order covers Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana. Lieutenants and captains of the reserve are being ordered to extended active duty. Reserve units will train in California.
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest
13Th Marine Corps Reserve District
W. O. Thompson
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
California
Butte Marines Await Expected Call-Up This Week
A spokesperson said the Butte Marine unit had not yet received active duty orders but expects the official call-up to come this week or next, indicating pending mobilization plans.
Two Mowed Down in Dispute Over Lawn
Bethlehem Pennsylvania August 21 1944 two neighbors quarreling over a lawn dispute each man died in a shootout. August Meinberg 47 and William Eck 45 were killed when Meinberg opened fire with a 12 gauge shotgun then shot himself. Police cited murder and death by own action with witnesses present.
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Bethlehem
Michael Fox
August Meinberg
William Eck
Meinberg
Eck
Fox
Sixty GOP Women Attend School in Butte
About 60 Republican committee women attended a political school in Butte focusing on precinct level organization and campaign techniques. The program, directed by Mrs. Mayo Story Dean with several Washington-trained instructors, stressed fighting communism and included panels, Q and A, and introductions of Republican candidates. Attendees came from Butte and nearby towns. future sessions were planned for Livingston and Billings.
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Republican Committee
Butte
Mayo Story Dean
Bozeman
Republican Women's Federation
Washington, D. C
Dean
Rita Shields
Lewistown
Zales Ecton
Molly Clasby
Missoula
Wesley D’ewart
Harrison Green
Washington
Gladys Knowles
National Committee
Harry Gulard
Billings
Rose Gorr Mayes
Kellogg
Idaho
Republican National Committee
America
Montana
Korea
Lloyd’s
L. B. Anderson
Organization of
Republican Women
Republican Party
Anaconda
Deer Lodge
Philipsburg
Dillon
Virginia City
Whitehall
Livingston
Canadian Rail Tieup Due to Start Today
OTTAWA August 21 Mail freight and telegraph services began grinding to a halt across Canada as hopes dimmed that a nation wide strike of 124 000 railway workers scheduled to start Tuesday morning could be called off. Day long mediation by Dr W A Mackintosh failed to secure agreement between managers of Canadian National and Canadian Pacific railways and leaders of 17 unions though eleventh hour talks continued with cabinet urgency.
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Ottawa
Canada
W. A. Mackintosh
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific
Cabint
Communists Post Anti-Red Literature in Butte
In Butte a high school audience heard Ed Gibbons warn residents about Communism while mimeographed sheets titled The Red Spectre were discreetly left on cars. The pamphlet, signed Communist Party of Montana, urged ceasefire in Korea and free certain prisoners, and described Gibbons as part of an anti-subversive PR effort.
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Butte
Butte High School
Los Angeles
Ed Gibbons
Silver Bow Post No. 1
American Legion
Gibbons
Communist Party of Montana
Korea
Gene Dennis
New York
Medina
Far East
Three of a Kind Stand Pat in Federal Court
In Los Angeles on August 21, Federal Judge Ben Harrison opened a session with a poker themed gag. Spectators laughed as three defendants Hua Quong Hi Wong Low Lucy Jak shuffled forward admitted crossing the border without proper credentials. The judge ruled three of a kind and ordered each defendant to ante up one year in the federal jackpot.
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Los Angeles
Ben Harrison
Murray Wire
Harerison
Quong
Wong Low
Lucy Jak
Harrison
Boys State Ends Today in Dillon
Dillon Aug 21 high school juniors spent nine days at Boys State learning democracy with dances and a Governor s ball. Gov Don Hanley of Butte greeted Sharon Rudman Cut Bank and Dillon area girls state leaders as Vic Overcash received the Governor s key and emblems. Ed Gibbons Los Angeles editor warned of Communist subversion then spoke at an American Legion event. The state legislature mimicked lawmaking before diplomas awarded by W W Barnard Butte Legion commander as Boys State concludes Tuesday.
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Dillon
Montans High School
American Legion
Ed Gibbons
Los Angeles
Boys
United States
Butte
Boys State
W. W. Barnard
State Legion
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Beaverhead National Forest
Raymond Gardner
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Bernie H. Glaus
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Modoc National Forest
Walter Robb
Superior District
Lolo
China
U.S
Max Harrelson
Security Council
Malik
Airport
School of Mines
Max. Min
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Portland Fire
Norman Bell
Pat Corbett
Empire State Building
Joe
John R. Steelman
Republic Steel Corporation
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